Tag: Blood Disorders
FDA Expands Use of Vonvendi for Von Willebrand Disease
The recombinant treatment is now approved for prophylactic use in adults and for treating bleeding episodes and perioperative use in children
Exa-Cel Gene Therapy Improves Quality of Life in Severe Sickle Cell Disease
Exa-cel also shows beneficial effects on health-related quality of life for adults and adolescents with transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia
Age, Disease Duration Are Predictors of CKD After Stem Cell Transplant
Age and hematologic disease length are positive predictors for CKD; acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a negative predictive factor
Rituximab Not Superior to Conventional Strategy for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
Rituximab no better than glucocorticoids alone for inducing remission in patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
High-Fiber Plant-Based Diet May Be Beneficial for Monoclonal Gammopathy, Multiple Myeloma
Pilot study showed diet quality and microbiome improved in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and smoldering multiple myeloma
AI Improves Risk Prediction in Patients With Myelofibrosis Undergoing Allo-HCT
Machine learning model outperformed all comparators and achieved better concordance indices across myelofibrosis subgroups
First Patient Cured of Sickle Cell Anemia
Multimodal Computational Framework Can Predict Prognosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
In recent study, VAE-Surv achieved a median C-index of 0.78, outperforming classical approaches
American Society of Hematology, Dec. 7 to 10
COVID-19 Mortality Higher for Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients
However, risk for hospitalization no higher for COVID-19 in these patients
